Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 1996, 11:32 PM EST for Meriwether County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 18, 1996, 11:32 PM EST (04:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 1996, 12:00 AM EST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Meriwether County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 11:35 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Greenville, GA |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 41 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 709 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KATL 190431 RRA SVRATL GAC113-121-199-190500- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1132 PM EST MON MAR 18 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...FAYETTE COUNTY...SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...MERIWETHER COUNTY AT 1125 PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM RICO TO SHARPSBURG AND DURAND. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL IN COWETA COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 18, 8:05 PM EST, 3 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 805 PM EST MON MAR 18 1996 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-091> 098-103>113-190230- THE CITIES OF AMERICUS-ATHENS-ATLANTA-CALHOUN-CARROLLTON-CARTERSVILLE- CORDELE-COVINGTON-DAHLONEGA-DALTON-DOUGLASVILLE-DUBLIN-GAINESVILLE- GRIFFIN-LA GRANGE-LAWRENCEVILLE-MACON-MARIETTA-MILLEDGEVILLE-NEWNAN- PEACHTREE CITY-ROME-SWAINSBORO-THOMASTON-WARNER ROBINS ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EST FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND WEST GEORGIA... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES OVER EASTERN ALABAMA WILL MOVE TO THE GEORGIA BORDER BETWEEN 830 PM AND 9 PM. THIS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA BEFORE MIDNIGHT. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED OVER ALABAMA EARLIER THIS EVENING WITH THIS WEATHER SYSTEM. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 18, 8:07 PM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 805 PM EST MON MAR 18 1996 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-091> 098-103>113-190230- THE CITIES OF AMERICUS-ATHENS-ATLANTA-CALHOUN-CARROLLTON-CARTERSVILLE- CORDELE-COVINGTON-DAHLONEGA-DALTON-DOUGLASVILLE-DUBLIN-GAINESVILLE- GRIFFIN-LA GRANGE-LAWRENCEVILLE-MACON-MARIETTA-MILLEDGEVILLE-NEWNAN- PEACHTREE CITY-ROME-SWAINSBORO-THOMASTON-WARNER ROBINS ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EST FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND WEST GEORGIA... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES OVER EASTERN ALABAMA WILL MOVE TO THE GEORGIA BORDER BETWEEN 830 PM AND 9 PM. THIS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA BEFORE MIDNIGHT. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED OVER ALABAMA EARLIER THIS EVENING WITH THIS WEATHER SYSTEM. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONr FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Mar 18, 9:31 PM EST, 2 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
931 PM EST MON MAR 18 1996
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
927 PM WARESVILLE GA 1.75 INCH HAIL.
3/18/96 HEARD DEPUTY REPORTS GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL 5-10 MILES FROM GA/AL
BORDER.
935 PM 5W STOVAL GA 1.75 IN. HAIL
3/18/96 TROUP ABULANCE DRIVER REPORTS GOLF-
SIZE HAIL AT 27S AND LOWER
BIG SPRINGS RD.Local storm report, Mar 18, 9:42 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
931 PM EST MON MAR 18 1996
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
927 PM WARESVILLE GA 1.75 INCH HAIL.
3/18/96 HEARD DEPUTY REPORTS GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL 5-10 MILES FROM GA/AL
BORDER.
935 PM 5W STOVAL GA 1.75 IN. HAIL
3/18/96 TROUP ABULANCE DRIVER REPORTS GOLF-
SIZE HAIL AT 27S AND LOWER
BIG SPRING4S RD.Local storm report, Mar 18, 10:18 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1018 PM EST MON MAR 18 1996
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1013 PM CARROLLTON GA 1.75 INCH HAIL.
3/18/96 CARROLL OCCURING AT 911 CENTER.
IN CARROLLTON.Local storm report, Mar 18, 10:20 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1018 PM EST MON MAR 18 1996
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1013 PM CARROLLTON GA 1.75 INCH HAIL.
3/18/96 CARROLL OCCURING AT 911 CENTER.
IN CARROLLTON.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 8:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Heard | 47 min |
| Mar 18, 9:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 29 min |
| Mar 18, 9:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 35 min |
| Mar 18, 9:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 24 min |
| Mar 18, 10:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 43 min |
| Mar 18, 10:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 19 min |
| Mar 18, 10:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 46 min |
| Mar 18, 10:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding | 27 min |
| Mar 18, 10:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 37 min |
| Mar 18, 11:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 27 min |
| Mar 18, 11:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 28 min |
| Mar 18, 11:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette, Fulton | 28 min |
| Mar 18, 11:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Henry | 53 min |
| Mar 18, 11:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Spalding | 53 min |
| Mar 19, 12:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 27 min |
| Mar 19, 12:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Rockdale | 41 min |
| Mar 19, 12:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 36 min |
| Mar 19, 1:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 54 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.